The City of Shoreline recently conducted a transportation master plan open house in order to get feedback from the community regarding transportation policies and improvements being proposed. For people who missed the open house, an online questionnaire is also available to be submitted to the City by May 16th.

National

From the New Hampshire Union Leader, this story describes a movement to create walkability through a program called Retro-Fitting NH Neighborhoods.

This article from the Times Union of Albany, NY takes a stab at answering this question: Even though people prefer walkable communities, why are neighborhoods built for cars?

Some Baltimore pedestrians, fed up with having to wait through an inordinate amount of traffic signal changes that they say defer to motorists, are attempting to force the city to make good on the recently passed complete streets initiative. As you can see here, here, and here, it will be interesting to see how the city reacts to these complaints.

San Antonio is looking to improve walking by asking residents for feedback about current walking conditions in the city. Interestingly, an urban planner from Seattle was hired as a consultant on the pedestrian survey.